Hello /fit/izens,
What do you guys think about training your abs, from the points of view of both aesthetics and strength? Have you noticed much difference in how they look, has it helped your other lifts? If yes to either question, what exercises do you do and how often?
I am quite lean so my abs show all the time, I started doing some ab exercises (weighted planks, hanging leg raises) a couple of months ago and truthfully I notice fuck all difference, but maybe I just need to train them more/harder
>>42491550
>Decline situps
>Russian twists using a plate
>Hanging leg raises
>Weighted standing crunch (holding a ropes triceps pushdown around your collar)
>Weighted plank
These are my favorite, i do 2 or 3 each session (train 3 days a week). Training abs helps my brace (Powerlifting), makes abs show at slightly higher bf%, generally feel better, less back pain. Also do hypers/reverse hypers to get dat 360° core training for dat full intra-abdominal strength, and vacuums for dat inner abdominal wall
Just do weighted decline situps once or twice a week, why do you always have to make things unnecessarily complicated
>>42491550
I'm still too fat to see em all but I work them out for better posture and try to do them in a cardio circuit twice a week. I see the top two occasionally and they are asymmetric.
Nothing weighted so far, had to exile standalone planks for being too boring so for now it's just:
Ab-wheel is my go to (i use a skateboard)
L-sits
various angled crunches
Spell casters is GOAT ab finisher, you feel the burn all round the sides and wrap around inside back.
>>42491550
i may have noticed it easier to overhead press when ive done cable crunches for a few weeks prior. i stop them for a few weeks and find it hard to keep posture in the overhead press.
Unicycle, get my cardio and core work done all at once
>>42491550
>>42491582
>>42491656
to be honest all these crunches and sit ups will give u the aesthetic look. i did heaps of them and my actual ab muscles are pretty good. one thing is that they mess up your back hardcore (...intended). all these twists and bending of the lower back...fucks sake. weighted planks and cable crunches are cool. hanging leg/knee raises are cool for spinal decompression. but if u want an aesthetic midsection then do it. but all these fluff and pump exercises arent shit for strength training apart from cable crunches, hanging leg raises and weighted planks. a legendary one, imo, is heavy suitcase carries. just make sure u keep a straight spine and bam! awesome core gains! but if u still want to do those other ones check out athlean x's ab training app. its probably the best thing out there for the aesthetic abs look. it has a few weeks worth of progression but its hard asf. just the first weeks progression in enough.